He is here!!
Matthew Barry Garlick came into this world on July 10, 2012 at 10:47 weighing 8lbs 10 ounces and is 21 inches long.
He is a darling, beautiful, amazing, wonderful miracle in our lives and we are so happy he has come to our family.
I thought I would share the whole story of how he arrived.
You are totally welcome to just glance at the pictures and be on your way.
I am usually not an "I love labor stories!" kind of person either.
This is mostly for my own remembrance.
I woke up on the morning of the 10th feeling wet (I know. TMI).
I wondered if my water had broken, but never having had my water break naturally I figured I was probably fine. The hospital we were going to was 40 minutes away so I was not anxious to rush over there only to be turned away. I decided to wait for contractions.
In the meantime, I held a meeting with the Beehive girls from church, took Christopher to his therapy, and basically went on with my day.
Davin called at about 2:30 and asked me to please call the doctor and make sure I was okay.
I reluctantly called and explained that I woke up a little wet but felt fine.
The receptionist said "Come to the hospital right away!"
So, we picked up Christopher from therapy and headed to Idaho Falls.
It was strange because I felt fine and even silly for rushing up there.
Well, when I got there they tested me and found out that my water had indeed broken.
I was staying!!!
They put me on some pitocin, gave me my epidural, and my parents and my brother and sister in law (the one with the same due date) came and entertained me until it was time. At 10:47 he was born. My water contained a little bit of meconium, so the NICU came to make sure he didn't have any stuck in his lungs. He turned out fine.
It was a wonderful wonderful experience and he is sweet and beautiful.
We were surprised at how big he was, how much hair he had, and that he happens to have two toes on his left foot that are webbed (WHAAAT???). We are hoping he is the next Michael Phelps ;)
This is where it got really really strange.
The next day in the hospital they put Matthew on an oxygen level monitor and decided that his oxygen levels were not good and he needed to go to the NICU.
They sent him over there and hooked him up to a better machine and he did perfectly.
The doctor decided to keep him there though just to make sure.
The next day they discharged me from the hospital telling me that my baby was coming home as well.
So, we cleared out of our room and walked over to the NICU to pick him up.
The nurse started to work on discharging Matthew and we were all in a very happy, excited mood.
Then, the doctor came in and asked what was going on.
Apparently there had been miscommunication and Matthew was NOT going home until 10:00 that night.
Ummmmmmm. So what do WE do? We have no room to go to, I am a very sore, very tired woman who gave birth hours ago, who is not supposed to be walking around, and we have to just "hang out" at the hospital until 10:00!!!
So, I headed to the waiting room and hoped that they could find us a room where we could be with the baby and I could lie down.
Well, they sent Matthew back to the regular nursery and asked if I wanted to come sit in a room with him. They took me to this dark room full of empty nursery beds and supplies and a very hard chair to sit on with the baby. SOOOOO strange.
Davin and I decided that I couldn't sit there very long so we put the baby with the rest of the nursery and headed home to pick up some things.
Fortunately, when we got back they had found us a small room in the NICU for us to wait until 10:00 rolled around.
We were both so exhausted by the time that came and we could not have gotten out of that hospital any faster.
Don't get me wrong. The hospital is a great hospital, but the miscommunication that went on was horrible!
Oh well, maybe we will laugh about it one day.
We are so grateful for this beautiful little boy.
We are grateful for a healthy delivery and a healthy baby.
We feel so blessed to have him in our home.
